Joseph Kim, MD
Surgery Physician · Lexington, KY
Joseph Kim, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Lexington, Kentucky, and NPI 1295804052, issued on Nov 7, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 51413, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Kim
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 51413 KY
A82485 CA
280363 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40536
- Phone
- (859) 323-8920
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 1, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (859) 323-6840
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180820002527); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loyola University Of Chicago, Stritch School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 51413Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
81 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Creon17 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,633.03
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genentech USA, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, IncLexington, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Kim among 459 surgery physician records in Kentucky
Joseph Kim, MD is one of 459 surgery physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 292 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 459 surgery physician records in Kentucky.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Samuel Carmichael, MDLexington, KY 405361164867594
- William Cavatassi, MDLexington, KY 405361093978264
- Phillip Chang, MDLexington, KY 405361558326934
- Bernard Evers, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361295834331
- Priya Gaiha, MDLexington, KY 405361992956239
- Oscar Moreno-Ponte, MDLexington, KY 405361740436054
Common questions
What is Joseph Kim, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Kim, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295804052, issued on Nov 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Kim, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 Rose St, Lexington, KY, 40536. Phone: (859) 323-8920. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Kim, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 51413, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph Kim, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Kim, MD had 81 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Kim, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.